The Scary Movie 5 star stopped by REDBOOK offices to discuss her first feature film starring role, how she's like her mother, and her production company.

The REDBOOK Rundown: Ashley Tisdale Gets Out of High School & Down to Business

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Ashley Tisdale visited the REDBOOK offices today to talk about her new movie, Scary Movie 5, which hits theaters this Friday, April 12, her first leading role in a feature film.

Not only did she manage to avoid the whole "former child star publicly falls apart" route; we were impressed to learn that Tisdale has branched out from acting to become a smart, savvy businesswoman. She co-runs Blondie Girl Productions, a company through which she produces reality and scripted television and movies. After Scary Movie, she'll head into production on Left Behind, an indie starring Nicholas Cage.

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Naturally, we had to ask about making the transition from High School Musical's Sharpay Evans to more grown-up roles, and she confessed that while the Mouse House provided her with a great launching pad for the rest of her career, she definitely notices people approaching her as if she's her [admittedly somewhat bitchy] character. Even casting directors sometimes have trouble thinking outside the Sharpay box — "I'll have to read a dramatic scene, like, something where I cry," Tisdale says of her unique audition process these days.

Here's Ashley in her own words on our signature REDBOOK Rundown:

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